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Michael Metivier

@grousehollow.bsky.social

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Editor at Merriam-Webster // Poems and essays in Orion, Antiphony, Prairie Schooner, Poetry, EcoTheo, Blue Mountain Review, Bad Lilies, Kenyon Review, African American Review, Bennington Review, Columba, more // he/him // Vermont // MichaelMetivier.com

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · Jul 10

wild strawberry 😍🪶

A male rose-breasted grosbeak at a feeder facing forward. His red breast is strawberry shaped and has little black flecks.

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 1h

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1h

Worth watching in full! 🪶

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1h

I’m not lying when I say that my eyes just misted up at getting these photos of Cardi Bea. Look at her! 🥹🪶

A gorgeous female cardinal eating seeds at a feeder.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 2h

It was the best of tines, it was the worst of tines.

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 4h

“I was up too late parsing the discography of Bad Bunny for objectionable content.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 5h

I wonder this too and block on sight.

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matthew @pahuski.com · 8h

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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Sarah Alice @bandytstamp.bsky.social · 3d

the owlishness of certain people

Heather Christle, from PAPER CROWN

Beset by a Disk of Radiating Feathers

Barn owl, crossing the air over the road, dangerous softness of the owl allowing
silent approach, favorite bird of Minerva,
feeding on mice and small birds, fern owl,
horned owl, how can I get one, a lady
or person rambling a long way into
the night, long tufted or mottle-tufted,
neighbor to the one cat, never have seen
one relaxing, not a falcon, an owlet,
the owlishness of certain people,
reputed wisdom of, on a small green
bag of potato chips, snowy owl,
a tamed owl goes hunting and relinquishes
all that he kills, tawny owl, they say
the Owle was a Bakers daughter, well known
by its doleful hoot, what does an ow's egg
look like, where are we going to live

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 7h

Got one left.

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 21h

I will make and mail a mix CD to the first two mutuals with CD players who want one and DM me with address.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 9h

Zero!

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 19h

I made what I guess would be a kind of Cajun stew with chicken and potatoes (no okra or sausage or shrimp) and some filè when I was worried I used too much stock for the roux to thicken and oh my god was it good.

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 21h

Baby I’ve got myself a stew going.

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 20h

Almost apologized to my family for not having dinner ready until 11pm but turns out it is 7 o’clock.

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 21h

Baby I’ve got myself a stew going.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 21h

Baby I’ve got myself a stew going.

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 21h

I will make and mail a mix CD to the first two mutuals with CD players who want one and DM me with address.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 22h

Yes!!! What a beaut.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 23h

Moments before …

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1d

Bolete with Bisou photobomb.

Michael’s hand holding a small bolete mushroom against his leg and a small dog about to jump in his lap with a stuffed pickle toy

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

Moomins fans, rejoice!

A new Moomins movie is on the way.

Those loveable Finnish trolls are coming to the American movies! Writer and artist Tove Jansson created the Moomins in the 1940s and the characters have since become a global phenomenon, appearing …

buff.ly

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1d

“Time to overhaul ‘set.’”

Darren Irwin (he / him) @darrenirwin.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Developed new species concept"

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1d

Screenshot of Merriam-Webster entry for ‘rocket’ which reads “any of several planes of the mustard family: such as a: arugula, b: dame’s rocket

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1d

Me: How do you know Elton John loves arugula?

My wife: Because he’s a rocket man?

<we both spit out our drinks>

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s another video. The baby is just gurgling, not upset, not even when the cemetery’s grumpy neighbor through the woods starts objecting to the woodsy concert with some target practice. The Lindner Bros. didn’t miss a beat.

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1d

After a summer mostly away from the feeder, these Dapper Dans are back in force.

A white-breasted nuthatch at a feeder with a sunflower seed in its beak.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

last night sean was giggling to himself and when i asked what was so funny he said he was imagining a southern mouse in a white linen suit drinking a ‘cheese julep’

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Michael Metivier @grousehollow.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous!